# Citizen Collective — Auckland

> Citizen Collective in Auckland, New Zealand scores 3.45 out of 5 — Poor, #141 in New Zealand. 10 beers tracked, mostly Pale Lager.

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Citizen Collective is a brewery in Auckland, New Zealand. We grade it Poor, with a score of 3.45 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #141 in New Zealand. Of the 10 beers we track, 35% are Pale Lager and 29% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.45 out of 5
- Grade: Poor 😐 — Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
- Ranked: #141 in New Zealand · #12,811 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 10

## About

Citizen Collective was founded in 2020, with an ambition to help reduce food waste in Aotearoa New Zealand, by diverting surplus foods from waste or low-value streams. 

Our first product is craft beer made using surplus bread. We collect unsold bread from supermarkets and use it to replace a quarter of the malt barley in each brew. 

Every can of Citizen uses the fermentable starches from one rescued slice of bread - helping to reduce food waste, and also reducing the amount of virgin barley required in each brew. 

We brew in Matakana with our wonderful brew partners, Sawmill Brewery. Sawmill is B-Corp certified, which means they meet the highest environmental and social standards.  

Once our brew is done, we use our brew mash to create a nutritious spent-grain flour. This flour is a key ingredients in Citizen bread, along with excess pressed malt liquid that would otherwise go to waste. Our baking partners, Wild Wheat, are renowned for their artisan sourdough loaves, and the Citizen Malty Sourdough (available at Farro Fresh and Wild Wheat stores in Auckland) is an absolute doozy! 

## What they brew

- Pale Lager — 35% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 29% of the beers we track
- IPA — 15% of the beers we track
- Cider — 15% of the beers we track
- Amber Lager — 7% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Auckland, New Zealand
- Coordinates: -36.7002616, 174.7837717
- Website: http://citizen.co.nz/

## Breweries nearby

- [Captains](https://finding.beer/brewery/captains-32355.md) — 2.59, Limited — Auckland — 2.8 mi away
- [Mythica Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/mythica-brewing-12232.md) — 4.20, Great — Auckland — 5.4 mi away
- [Laughing Bones Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/laughing-bones-brewing-co-17160.md) — 3.50, Poor — Auckland — 7.8 mi away
- [Birkenhead Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/birkenhead-brewing-company-17179.md) — 4.12, Great — Auckland — 8.3 mi away
- [Saint Leonards](https://finding.beer/brewery/saint-leonards-32221.md) — 3.85, Fine — Auckland — 8.8 mi away
- [Rudi's](https://finding.beer/brewery/rudis-12278.md) — 2.97, Limited — Auckland — 9.9 mi away
- [Lion New Zealand](https://finding.beer/brewery/lion-new-zealand-8181.md) — 2.45, Limited — CBD, Auckland — 9.9 mi away
- [Outlier Cartel](https://finding.beer/brewery/outlier-cartel-13376.md) — 3.41, Poor — Auckland — 10 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Auckland, New Zealand](https://finding.beer/breweries/new-zealand/auckland.md)
- [Best breweries in New Zealand](https://finding.beer/breweries/new-zealand.md)

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